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Table 2.

Summary of synthesized NPs with different green reagents.

NP material	precursor	reducing agent	stabilizer	support	size (nm)	ref.

Au	HAuCl₄	chitosan	chitosan	—	10–50	[140]
Ag	AgNO₃	NaBH₄	chitosan	—	<20	[72]
Au	HAuCl₄	chitosan	chitosan	—	18–200	[86]
Ag and Au	AgNO₃ and HAuCl₄	chitosan	–	chitosan	ND	[56]
Ag	AgNO₃	chitosan	–	chitosan	6–8	[99]
Au	HAuCl₄	CHIT–NH^a	–	CHIT–NH¹	18	[114]
Ag, Au and Pt	AgNO₃, AuCl₃ and H₂PtCl₆	NaBH₄	CMC^b	—	3.5 (Pt), 23 (Au), and 7.5 (Ag)	[142]
Au	HAuCl₄	chitosan	chitosan	—	7–20	[143]
Ag	AgNO₃	—	(GlcN)_x^c	—	5–15	[141]
Ag	AgNO₃	heparin	heparin	—	9–29	[143]
Au, Ag and Au–Ag	AgNO₃ and HAuCl₄	glucose	starch	—	<10	[26,108]
Ag	[Ag(NH₃)₂]⁺	glucose	—	—	20–30	[111]
Ag	[Ag(NH₃)₂]⁺	D-glucose	SDS^d, Tween 80^e or CTAC^f	—	50 (SDS), 65 (Tween 80) and 66 (CTAC)	[100]
Fe₃O₄	FeCl₃·6H₂O	α-D-glucose	gluconic acid	—	12.5	[90]
Ag	AgNO₃	gelatin	gelatin	—	<15	[21]
Ag	[Ag(NH₃)₂]⁺	four sugars^g	—	—	45–380	[57]
Ag	[Ag(NH₃)₂]⁺	D-maltose	SDS^d, Tween 80^e or PVP 360^h	—	26	[64]
Ag	AgNO₃	glucose	starch	—	10	[146]
Au	HAuCl₄	H₂O₂	starch	—	10–30	[83]
Ag	AgNO₃	starch	starch	—	10–34	[87]
CdSe	CdCl₂·2.5H₂O, Se powder and Na₂SO₃·7H₂O	—	starch	—	3	[147]
Au–Ag	AgNO₃ and HAuCl₄	DPSⁱ	DPSⁱ	—	32	[104]
Ag and Au	AgNO₃ and HAuCl₄	HA^j	HA^j	—	5–30 for both	[70]
Ag	AgNO₃	DAPHP^k	DAPHP^k	—	11	[55]
Ag and Au	AgNO₃ and HAuCl₄	DAPHP^l	DAPHP^l	—	10 (Au) and 7 (Ag)	[70]
Ag and Au	AgNO₃ and HAuCl₄	DAPHP^k	DAPHP^k	—	14 (Au) and 10–30 (Ag)	[71]
Ag, Au and Pt	AgNO₃, HAuCl₄·3H₂O and PtCl₄	—	cellulose	cellulose	11.4 (Ag), 7 (Au) and 5.6 (Pt)	[37]
Ag	AgNO₃	CMS^l	CMS^l	—	15	[17]
Au	HAuCl₄·3H₂O	dextran	dextran	—	80	[82]
Au	HAuCl₄	DEAE–dextran^m	DEAE–dextran^m	—	18–40	[35]
Ag and Au	AgNO₃ and HAuCl₄	CAⁿ	CAⁿ	—	<10 for both	[98]
Ag	AgNO₃	SP^o	SP^o	—	13	[63]
Ag	AgNO₃	β-D-glucose	PEG^p	—	10.6–25.31	[4]
Ag	AgNO₃	sugar	PEG^p	—	11.23	[62]
Ag	AgNO₃	PEG^p	PEG^p	—	<5	[110]
Ag	AgNO₃	PEG^p	PEG^p	—	8–10	[148]
¹⁹⁸Au	H¹⁹⁸AuCl₄	PEG^p	PEG^p	—	15–20	[149]
Fe₃O₄	Fe(acac)₃^q	PEG^p	PEG^p	—	2–7	[91]
Ag/GN	AgNO₃	TA^r	—	GN^s	20	[73]
Ag and Au	AgNO₃ and HAuCl₄	apiin	apiin	—	21 (Au) and 39 (Ag)	[38]
Fe₃O₄	FeCl₃	—	L-arginine	—	13	[92]
Ag	AgNO₃	L-lysine or L-arginine	starch	—	26.3	[112]
Ag	AgNO₃	gum kondagogu	gum kondagogu	—	3	[54]
Ag	AgNO₃	amino acid	amino acid	—	ND	[22]
Au	HAuCl₄	POM^t	POM^t	—	10	[151]
Pd	K₂PdCl₄	POM^t	POM^t	—	15–50	[150]
Ag, Au, Pd and Pt	AgNO₃, HAuCl₄, PdCl₂ and H₂PtCl₆	POM^t	POM^t	—	13 (Au), 15 (Ag), 5 (Pd) and 2.7-24 (Pt)	[134]
Au	HAuCl₄	POM^t	POM^t	—	9.5	[36]
Pd and Pt	K₂PtCl₄, K₂PdCl₄, and PdSO₄	POM^t	POM^t	—	1.7–4	[153]
Pd	[PdCl₄]^2-	POM^t	POM^t	—	3	[154]
Pd and Pt	K₂PtCl₄ and K₂PdCl₄	POM^t	POM^t	—	9-14 (Pd) and 1.7–3 (Pt)	[155]
Pt–Pd/GNs	K₂PdCl₄ and K₂PtCl₄	ethanol	—	GN^u	7.9	[107]
Ag	AgNO₃	geraniol	PEG^p	—	1–10	[47]
Ag	AgNO₃	NRL^u	NRL^u	—	2–100	[8]
Pd–Ag/RGO	AgNO₃ and K₂PdCl₄	GO^v	GO^v	GO^v	<10	[105]

^achitosan–ninhydrin: CHIT–NH; ^bcarboxymethyl chitosan: CMC; ^coligochitosan: (GlcN)x; ^dsodium dodecyl sulfate: SDS, ^epolyoxyethylenesorbitan monooleate: Tween 80; ^fcetyltrimethylammonium chloride: CTAC; ^gxylose, glucose, fructose and maltose; ^hpolyvinylpyrrolidon: PVP 360; ⁱdegraded pueraria starch: DPS, ^jhyaluronan acid: HA, ^k2,6-diaminopyridinyl heparin: DAPHP; ^lcarboxymethyl cellulose sodium: CMS; ^mdiethylaminoethyl–dextran: DEAE–Dextran; ⁿcalcium alginate: CA; ^osulfated polysaccharide: SP; ^ppolyethylene glycol: PEG; ^qiron acetylacetonate: Fe(acac)₃; ^rtannic acid: TA; ^sgraphene: GN; ^tpolyoxometalates: POM; ^unatural rubber latex: NRL, ^vgraphene oxide: GO.